Finnigan Festival of Ten-Minute Plays Opens Thursday

by Erin Keane on April 3, 2012

The fifth Finnigan Festival of Funky Fresh Fun, an annual festival of new ten-minute plays by local writers, opens Thursday at The Bard’s Town. Ten plays were selected by independent theater company Finnigan Productions from open submissions.

Here’s a line-up of this year’s festival:

“Playlist,” a coffee shop fantasy by Kate Barry

“Stick-Up,” a bank robbery split three ways by Zachary Burrell

“The Chocolate Girl,” an awkward predicament for an ex-hockey star and an heiress by David Clark

“Toast,” a story of lingering memories by Tad Chitwood

“The On-Call Empathy Team,” for when you need someone to listen, by Sarah East

“Greek Tragedy,” a revision of Aristophanes’ love life by Andy Epstein

“Life Is But a Dream,” or is it? by Mitch Fields

“Nick and Corey Grave Rob” by Nick Potter and Corey Music

“Women Who Love Gay Men” by Finnigan artistic director Brian Walker

“Death Hamster!,” a mystery by Bryce Woodard

All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. The festival runs through April 14.